Jacob Berman Community Center     מרקז קהילתי ע"ש יעקב ברמן

Weekly Bulletin: Lech-Lecha 5770  לך-לך תש"ע‬ ‬

Items for the bulletin should be sent to bermanshul@gmail.com      

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Kiddush this week is sponsored by Aliza and Bernie Weinberg on the occasion of Bernie's 73'rd birthday.
  Happy Birthday Bernie!
   
• Mazal Tov to our member Nechama Siegal on the marriage of her daughter!
  Mazal tov to our newly-wed members Molly Goldstein and Heshie Bodner. 
  Mazal Tov also to their children and their grandchildren and to Heshie's parents.
   
• Mazal Tov to Carol & Aryeh Asher on the birth of a new granddaughter. Mazal Tov also to parents Nava & Elyashiv Wiedman, and to grandmother Yerachmiela Wiedman.
   
• Mazal tov to Ellen & Mel Lax on the Bar Mitzva of their grandson Nadav Lax, son of Daniel & Ruthie Lax of Modi'in.
     
• The annual Mirtza Colb memorial lecture will be given by Rav Ezra Bick, of Yeshivat Har Etzion, on Sat. evening, 31/10/2009, at 20:15, at Beit Heimfeld, Kiryat David. Subject: The Three Components of Geirut.
  Mirtza Colb ז"ל was the mother of our member Sandy Colb.
   
• The fourth Yaarzeit for Chana Lesser  ז"ל will be on Sunday, November 1, 14 Cheshvan. Family and friends will meet 15:15, at the entrance to the Rehovot cemetery.
  

• David Drory would like to start a new chug le'taamei hamikra or a chug to teach young boys how to read from the torah. The chug is intended for boys between the ages of 11 and 11.5 and will be at the Drory residence Wednesday afternoons at 16:00. All those who are interested please contact David Drory at (08)9315847
   


• The November-December PDF calendar can be downloaded from http://bermanshul.org/calendar.pdf
   
• The 20 October Board Meeting minutes are available:
  http://bermanshul.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=101&Itemid=58
   
• The membership directory in .pdf form is presently available at http://bermanshul.org/restricted/membership.pdf. Members are requested to review and update their details in anticipation of the upcoming printing of this directory. File access requires a username and password.

HOSPITALITY, COMMUNITY, COMINGS & GOINGS
The community wishes to know about new arrivals or people planning to come to Rehovot so that we can welcome them. You may send in their details for the weekly bulletin, to hospitality@bermanshul.org or to Chaya Tannor.

• Divorced, 50+ American woman currently living in Ramat Beit Shemesh is interested in Shabbat hospitality with a view to possibly relocating to Rehovot. Please contact Yocheved Golani, 02-9998392.

CALENDAR
Happenings of interest to the community are listed in various Google Calendars, viewable at http://calendar.bermanshul.org or on the shul web page www.bermanshul.org. If you use Google calendars you can combine our calendars with your own. Davening times are given in the official shul Calendar available from http://bermanshul.org/calendar.pdf.
Please note that the Berman Community does not take responsibility for the propriety of the non-shul events.

Upcoming events: 
(Colour codes: Berman Events     Outreach/קהילה    Other events)

• A number of other Rehovot events are published at www.pirsuma.com
• Chugim at Havayot Schweitz: For details and schedules see the Havayot Webpage (www.havayot.co.il).
  Moadon Hatzav (Variety of morning lecturers and activities) for people 50+), Bridge (beginners), Art lessons (Miriam Drat), Tai Chi (Glilya Levi), Computers (beginners, Internet, Power point - David Drory). More info from Ellen Lax, 9310710
• Members organizing private events (e.g. wedding, bar/bat mitzva celebrations etc.) are advised to use the shul calendar as follows:
  1. You can check for a date that does not clash with another event in the community
  2. You may have your event listed as an anonymous "private event" so that others can avoid scheduling another event at the same time. Please let any board member know,Please note that the Berman Community does not take responsibility for the Halachic propriety or kashrut of items listed.

PERSONAL & BASEMENT
Please note that the Berman Community does not take responsibility for the Halachic propriety or kashrut of items listed.